The 2014 Eurovision contest winner, speaking to reporters at the European Parliament, said “the right to love who you want is such a human thing” and couldn’t understand “why there are still politicians out there who are so afraid” of same-sex marriages.

Wurst, also known as the "bearded lady", fielded questions from reporters on EU unity, UK moves to leave the Union, and violence against LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans] people in Brussels.

“For me, nobody can hurt me anymore because I exactly know who I am and I exactly know what I want, so, I totally get that is not the solution but maybe it is a part of the solution,” she said of the violence.

She has been the subject of attacks and ridicule in the past.

Her contest win in May sparked Russian protests, with the Orthodox Church describing the 25-year old as an “abomination” and saying that her victory was “one more step in the rejection of the Christian identity of European culture”.

President Vladimir Putin also lashed out saying she had no right to put her lifestyle on display.

The backlash wasn’t limited to Putin and his neo-conservative entourage.

On Wednesday, German MEP Beatrix von Storch, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, draped a "La Manif Pour Tous" flag outside her parliament office window.

The flag is a reference to a French-led protest movement against same-sex marriages.